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12 photos.
A floodplain species known as "heart-leaved Balsam poplar","
hackmatack"," bam tree" and "tacamahaca".
Like populus tremuloides, it forms clonal colonies.
ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 22453
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 1. May 5, 2012. A male clonal colony with catkins and leaf buds. |
 2. May 8, 2012. Furrowed bark of large tree. |
 3. May 8, 2012. Composite photo of sections of the trunk of a male tree, parts of which are shown in photos 4-11. |
 4. May 5, 2012. Branch tip with a male catkin and a leaf bud. |
 5. May 5, 2012. Closer view of the branch in photo 4 showing the bud scars from previous years. |
 6. May 5, 2012. A leaf bud, two emerging male catkins and a damaged male catkin. |
 7. May 5, 2012. Leaf bud and male catkin with coin for comparison. |
 8. May 18, 2012. A pair of developing male catkins. |
 9. May 18, 2012. A well-developed male catkin along with another which is having troubles |
 10. June 7, 2012. A branch with fully developed leaves. |
 11. June 7, 2012. A cluster of leaves at the end of a small branch. |
 12. June 29, 2012. The clone in photo 1 after the leaves have fully developed. |
| All photos taken at the museum in Central. 65° 34.3' N, 144° 48.6' W Elev. 950 ft. |
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